Darren Elkins Meets Hatsu Hioki at UFC on Fox 1 2 in Indianapolis

Darren Elkins Meets Hatsu Hioki at UFC on Fox 1 2 in Indianapolis 
by Jack Broadey - @j3ck_b

A featherweight battle between Darren Elkins and Hatsu Hioki has been added to UFC on Fox Sports 1 #2 in Indianapolis

This fight is a winner stay relevant kind of contest with both men coming off tough losses for different reasons. Hioki should of got the nod over Clay Guida in his last fight and Elkins was dramatically stopped by Chad Mendes in the 1st round.

Elkins had a 5 fight win streak snapped with the Mendes loss. He will hope to regain some of that momentum he built up and a win over Hioki would be a great start.

Hioki had a lot of hype behind him when he made his UFC debut and he got straight out of the blocks with 2 early wins. He's since hit a bit of a skid losing 2 straight fights in controversial fashion. This has all the potential to be a great fight and both men will be desperate to get back in that win column.

UFC on FOX Sports 1 #2 gets a co main event

The cowboy's staying active will fight Dos Anjos at UFC on FOX Sports 1 #2

by Jack Broadey @J3cK_b

Donald Cerrone (20-5-1 MMA 7-2 UFC) will meet Rafael Dos Anjos (19-6 MMA 8-4 UFC) at UFC on FOX Sports 1 #2. The event takes place on August 28th at the Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis with the main card airing on the soon to debut FOX Sports 1 channel in the states and on BT Sports in the UK.

Fresh off a dominant victory over KJ Noons, Cerrone will come in looking to get himself on a run similar to that of 2011. Cerrone likes to stay active and fight as often as possible. In 2011 he ran through four straight opponents in his debut year in the UFC. He went on to split wins and losses over the next four fights in the last 18 months, losing only to Nate Diaz and Anthony Pettis both of who received title shots after beating the cowboy.

Rafael Dos Anjos brings a solid four fight winning streak into the contest. He won a controversial decision against Evan Dunham last time out. Dos Anjos also likes to stay active and has already had twelve fights in the UFC going 8-4 in that time. The winner of this fight will have a strong case to move towards a title shot with the division sorting itself out in recent months. There isn't a whole lot of contender at the weight at the moment and both men will have a lot on the line come August 28th.

TUF 17 fighters Uriah Hall and Bubba McDaniel fights announced as more fights added to UFC on Fox Sports events

Two more fights added to UFC on Fox Sports events in August

by John Haigh @JohnBJayHaigh

The first fight announced for the Fox Sports 1 Shogun vs. Sonnen event is TUF 17 runner up Uriah Hall (7-3 MMA 0-1 UFC) vs. Nick Ring (13-2 MMA 3-2 UFC). Hall was hotly tipped to win TUF 17 after some impressive performances in the early rounds of the competition. However, Hall was left disappointed after losing to Kelvin Gastelum in the final of the series.

Now hall will be out to prove it was just a blip and will be looking to get back to winning ways.
He faces TUF veteran Nick Ring who had an impressive run on the show but had to withdraw after blowing out his knee. He debuted in the UFC the following year and has gone 3 and 2 in his career so far losing his last fight against Chris Camozzi by decision at UFC 158. In a fight many people thought he may have done enough to get the win.

So with both fighters desperate for a win it makes for a good fight, it may not be a long fight if Hall is back to his early TUF 17 KO form.

Second up at Fox Sports 1 Condit vs. Kampmann is Bubba McDaniel (21-6 MMA 1-0 UFC) who won in his UFC debut in April at the TUF 17 finale after exercising his demons from his time on the show. McDaniel was given a chance in the octagon after key losses on the show to the eventual season finalists Uriah Hall and Kevin Gastelum.

Bubba looks to prove his win wasn’t a fluke after submitting Gilbert Smith, he was due to face swede Magnus Cadenlad after that bout was scrapped he will now face off against Brad Tavares (10-1 MMA 5-1 UFC). Tavares fought in TUF 11 and has only lost one fight in his MMA career at the hands of Aaron Simpson in July 2011. He has since gone on a three fight win streak following decision wins over Riki Fukuda, Tom Watson at UFC on Fuel TV 5 in Nottingham and most recently against Dongi Yang.

Kelvin Gastelum drops to Welterweight, fights Paulo Thiago at UFC on Fox Sports 1 #2

TUF 17 winner Kelvin Gastelum will take on veteran Paulo Thiago

by Jack Broadey @J3cK_b

The youngest ever winner of The Ultimate Fighter has got his first opponent since winning that title. Gastelum will face the 32 year old former Brazilian special forces fighter Paulo Thiago at UFC on Fox Sports 1 #2 on August 28th.

Gastelum out worked and out hustled the heavily favoured Uriah Hall in the finale of TUF 17 to be crowned champion. Despite winning the show at middleweight he's since teamed up with esteemed trainer Mike Dolce and made the cut to Welterweight.

Giving him his first test in his new division will be Paulo Thiago. He has been very up and down lately but bounced back with a win over Michel Prazeres last time out. He's faced a string of top contenders in his time with the UFC and will be a big test straight off the bat for Gastelum.

Gastelum however is used to big tests as he was an underdog the whole way thought TUF and he ultimately came out on top despite the odds. He will be hoping he can again overturn the odds here and get off to winning ways in his UFC career after The Ultimate Fighter.